The Mightiest Fin on iTunes

In the ‘80s, games such as “Pac-Man,” “Frogger” and “Gauntlet” were able to attract huge audiences and entrench themselves in video game history thanks to simple, yet addictive gameplay.

While “Mighty Fin” isn’t in the same league as those aforementioned titles, as it’s less a trendsetter and more of a product making the most out of what works for a touch screen game, it’s ultimately a treat rarely found on a growing market of mobile games that fail to deliver the goods.

With colorful graphics, easy, fun controls and at times, challenging difficulty, “Mighty Fin” has enough polish to satisfy both hardcore gamers and casual ones on the iPad and iPod Touch.

Overall, it’s the kind of game that will make you tell your friends, “Come over here, you have to try this.” A perfect example of gaming precision through simplicity, “Mighty Fin” is able to hide its weaknesses in a way that many classic retro games do. As a result, it’s a must-own title on the iPad and a perfect escape while on the train, bus or anywhere you’d rather not be.

Using your finger, you are able to control your character’s depth in the water to reach coins and avoid obstacles. By holding your finger on the screen, the fish will remain underwater, while releasing it will have him jump. If this sounds overtly simple, it’s because, well, it is. However, after a few rounds of gameplay, you’ll learn how to control your fish in a way where you can get hard to reach coins in the air and on the ocean floor and eventually get that crazy high score you want.

But make no mistake, there’s a bit more to “Mighty Fin” than high scores. With a nice amount of unlockables, which are new costumes for your character, it’s a fun swim through each randomly generated level to find each new attire. While many of the early levels are easy, the later ones are much more difficult and can even be particularly long. With these changes in gameplay, “Might Fin” avoids being too repetitive and is able to satisfy.

The only true drawback of the title is the music, which is rather bland. The same thing goes for the sound effects, which, in the end, don’t add anything new to the bright graphics, which even at 2X magnification on the iPad, are still adorable. Had the sound been up to par, “Mighty Fin” might be considered one of the most well-rounded touch screen games currently available on iTunes.

But even in spite of this fault, “Mighty Fin” is still a wet and wild romp that indeed lives up to its name.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 13819 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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